About this course

This course accredits midwives to complete comprehensive newborn assessments, supporting midwives to practice fulfilling their scope of practice. Participants will gain the knowledge and skills to complete each component of the comprehensive newborn assessment, including review of the cardiovascular changes in the adaptation to extra uterine life, eye and hip checks, and auscultating the heart and identifying heart murmurs. Referral and consultation guidelines are also covered in the course. 

Participants are required to complete the face to face session, self-directed learning package and be assessed on four occasions by an accredited assessor for successful completion of the program.

Being a Discharge Assessment of the Well Neonate (DAWN) accredited midwife extends the care you can provide to babies and their families in the postnatal period. This advanced midwifery skills extends the midwifery care babies and families receive, minimising unnecessary medical team input, and optimising continuity of care. 

Who should attend?

Registered midwives providing care in the postnatal period, particularly those in continuity models of care.

What will you learn?

By the end of this course you will be able to:

1. Demonstrate comprehensive newborn assessments on babies who meet criteria of DAWN
2. Demonstrate an understanding of normal neonatal physiology and adaptation and variances from normal 
3. Identify babies who meet the DAWN criteria and refer or consult for those who do not, including escalation and follow up as clinically indicated
4. Communicate effectively with parents to explain the newborn assessment, gain parental consent and to provide information and education throughout the assessment
5. Complete and document newborn assessment appropriately.

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